Is it possible to allow people to input information and then when the click submit, have the information sent to my email account? If so, how would I go about doing this?
I'm using VB6.

You will need to reference - Microsoft Outlook Object library

Dim Msg As String
  
    Dim objOutlook As Object
    Dim objItem As MailItem
    
    Set objOutlook = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
    Set objItem = objOutlook.CreateItem(olMailItem)
    
    Msg = "Here is the body text"
    Msg = Msg & vbCrLf
    Msg = Msg & "Over two lines."
    
    With objItem
        .Importance = olImportanceHigh
        .Subject = "Subject Name"
        .To = "me@me.com"
        .CC = "you@you.com"
        .BCC = "another@me.com"
        .Body = Msg
        .Attachments.Add "C:\text.doc"
        
        .Send
    End With
    Set objItem = Nothing
    Set objOutlook = Nothing

pG

Or you get Postie, a free SMTP, POP IMAP client that can send e-mail without Outlook. I have used it myself in various projects and it works flawlessly.

Here is where to get it
http://www.infradig.com/

And here is my send-mail sub

Public Function SendMail(recipient As String, msgbody As String, subject As String, postie As String, smtp_host As String, sender As String) As Boolean
'  This module sends an e-mail to the account(s) asked.
'Parameters:
'  recipient   comma separated list of recipients
'  msgbody     can contain a string with the message body or the filename to attach as message body
'  subject     subject line of message
'  postie      the path to your Postie program
'  smtp_host   the IP address of your SMTP host
'  sender      the e-mail account FROM which to send the e-mail
'
'Returns postie's task ID if successful, zero otherwise
'
   Dim command_line As String
   Dim host_clause As String
   Dim from_clause As String
   Dim to_clause As String
   Dim subject_clause As String
   Dim file_clause As String
   Dim msgbody_clause As String
   Dim exec_return As Integer

   host_clause = " -host:" & smtp_host
   from_clause = " -from:" & sender
   to_clause = " -to:" & recipient
   subject_clause = " -s:" & Chr(34) & subject & Chr(34)
   If FileExists(msgbody) Then
      file_clause = " -file:" & Chr(34) & msgbody & Chr(34)
      command_line = postie & host_clause & to_clause & from_clause & subject_clause & file_clause
   Else
      msgbody_clause = " -msg:" & Chr(34) & msgbody & Chr(34)
      command_line = postie & host_clause & to_clause & from_clause & subject_clause & msgbody_clause
   End If
   exec_return = Shell(command_line, vbHide)
End Function

Public Function FileExists(strFile As String) As Boolean
  Dim intLen As Integer
 
  On Error Resume Next
  intLen = Len(Dir(strFile))
  FileExists = (Not Err And intLen > 0)
End Function

Happy coding

Yomet

Or You go power user, and use sockets to connect to the mail server and send the message using the protocol defined in the smtp rfc: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0821.txt.

That's how I'd go about it ;)

Comatose, I am totally for your solution since it will be the best and most portable and will work with no external support.

Now, can you send us the code please.... :)

Ciao

Yomet

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